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Bullheart, I thought straight away that it was another stealth marketing thread for BBB, but don't have an issue with that, I think the ongoing cheek is admirable.
Just ignore negative posts, it's not like they matter or change anything
Thing is, being a 'family event' doesn't reconcile with stories of people getting so pissed up they self soil, then have no recollection of what happened
'Fredgate' occurred about 50 yards away from where my very young family were sleeping, no families were harmed in the enactment of the 'event', and I'd never have known about it if i hadn't [s]overheard[/s] earwigged Poddy talking discreetly about it the next day.
I am seriously considering leaving my bike at home this year and seeing how much fun we can have as a family without it being complicated by Daddy disappearing all the time to ride his bike.
Well I haven't read all the posts Bullheart but I have been educated and from what I've read and those lovely pictures it looks like a lovely event. Getting families involved and non bikers is a great idea. After all each of us wants to spread the love and get everyone on two wheels don't we.
Shame it's so far away.
WCA and mates hired the venue in the 1st year for their BBB party and raised £2000 for the charity UK Youth, a great result. The charity/venue has always had all risks insurance in place (inc. public liability). By the second year and this year UK Youth are getting more involved with logistics and seeing this as a great regular event for the charity where people have great fun and it raises money that is spent directly on new cycling facilities for the young people the charity works with (last year raised £4000 and was the real lever that helped secure more funding from elsewhere - UK Youth spent £35K on great new track facilities, bikes, equipment,instructor training etc). The feedback from groups has been fantastic. There can't be many charity events you can come back to the following year and see the real difference you made.
This event is insured and risk assessed, and, there are loos and first-aiders on site of course. UK Youth isn't a large charity with massive budgets and really appreciates all the support of WCA, family/friends, the many volunteers and those that buy tickets and attend - this year the Vice President of the charity Magnus Backstedt will be coming along with the CEO and young members to officially open the new facilities and say a big thank you to all those involved in this fantastic event.
cheers
While I can appreciate that the BBB is about raising money for charity and that the STW mods therefore take a light-hearted view of the numerous threads, the forum would soon be over-run with "SPONSOR ME" threads if everyone who organised / participated in any form of charity fundraising was doing the same.
Hi Guys, sorry for being late to the thread but I have been working.
The first year I ran it without any personal liability cover. All riders were covered, I would just lose my house if it went wrong. Every thing is properly insured now.
Positives and negatives in threads on here are expected. I don't think Fred-gate has caused to many people to cancel their tickets. I don't really know what happened but it seems to make people giggle which is fine by me.
I think a few of the posters on here have got the general gist of it and Poddys pictures show it quite well. The event is about getting a bunch of people in a location and having some fun. The general theme is bikes but also water guns, climbing wall, archery, pedalos, zip wire over a lake, malt loaf...
We don't try to control the event to much, we just host it.
*The mods have been good to me and I have agreed to let my BigBikeBash alter ego account be 'banned' after this tears event.
Thanks to everyone for the nice comments and Bullheart better come to next years event!
i think the event does well because whereas most events focus on a race the BBB is focussed on the event where some racing happens to take place. It also has the DIY feel that racing used to have.
thomthumb - it IS very DIY. I am not sure about this year but the first year we forgot to print out the schedule so had to borrow one of the guests copies to run the whole thing from. Also left the stop watches at home so nothing was timed except on peoples watches and phones!
Much more professional now but still as relaxed and fun I hope
Elfingate was all my fault.
I have to put my hand up and admit it.
I'm not proud of what I have done.
However, more Pure Gold will be available at this years BBB.
This event is insured and risk assessed, and, there are loos and first-aiders on site of course.
You say 'of course', but it wasn't on the BBB website. Many thanks for clearing it up tho.
Where on earth did the idea of Fred pooping himself come from??!!!
Now, I'm sure the little rapscallion probable has done a shart once or twice in his life, but not at the Bike Bash Big (scrambled, so as not to offend certain misery guts concerned about advertising...)
DrP
I can't see anything wrong in what Bullheart has posted. So what if it's publicising a local event which is only a week away, that's a good thing surely! I was going to post up a similar Big Dog thread but can't be ar$ed now..
bullheart, keep doing what you're doing and don't get low about this place!!
Respect to you
Big Dog next year then 🙂
Can you get them to move Big Dog back to it's original weekend please.
We chose our weekend because it didn't clash with other bike events and then they go and move Big Dog so it doesn't clash with a Gay Pride event.
😳Also left the stop watches at home
last time i went to gay pride i came home with carpet burns on my face!
WCA - if I had the power I would do that for you! 😉
thomthumb - I've not been to pride so can't comment on your fate, just to say if a wrist watch appears in your toilet bowl the next morning - you need to really worry!
🙂
Why would you need stop watches at a gay pride event? Is it competitive?